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Jake Shields and Hector Lombard went the full fifteen minutes, much to the dismay of those in attendance and watching at home. Shields simply did not bring enough to the table to pull off a victory tonight. He looked off and it was almost as if he was solely relying on his grappling skills to...

Ovince St. Preux opened up the fights with a submission we haven’t seen in a long time. Ovince St. Preux landed a takedown ten seconds into the bout and transitioned right away to side control. Krylov was trying to prevent St.Preux from going to mount with a guillotine, but St. Preux countered with a Von...

Kelvin Gastelum looked like a seasoned veteran in the first round and proved to the world why it wasn’t crazy to label him the favorite walking into the octagon. Rick Story was quick to the center of the octagon and tried to land some shots, but Gastelum did a great job at countering everything Story...

Raquel Pennington looked a bit off tonight in her bout with Jessica Andrade. Pennington did not have much offense in the first round as Andrade dictated where most of the fight went. Pennington looked for a standing guillotine twice while her back was against the fence, but Andrade defended intelligently and escaped danger. Pennington tried...

Dennis Bermudez had no problem taking Jimi Hettes down at all. By the time the first round was over, Bermudez had taken his opponent down four times. While on top, he did a great job maintaining control and landing shots on top. Hettes did not put on a great showing in the first five minutes,...

Fox Sports 2 played home to the preliminary portion of UFC 171. Sean Spencer and Alex Garcia did the honors of kicking off the action at 8:00 PM ET and it was a fun start. Alex Garcia was looking to land a big shot in the first round, but he kept whiffing. Garcia was lucky...

Renee Forte missed weight for this bout but still appeared dominant in the opening round. Forte landed a takedown and almost immediately took the back of Francisco Trevino. Forte was close to locking in the rear naked choke, but he could not slide his forearm under the chin on Trevino. The constant jockeying for position...

Justin Scoggins seemed to be one step ahead of Will Campuzano during the entire fight. Scoggins found a comfortable striking distance before Campuzano, landed the first takedown and would always come out on top of striking exchanges. Scoggins landed a takedown in the second round but Campuzano showed great awareness by trapping his opponent’s head...

Even though this was Sean Strickland’s first octagon appearance, he did not seem to show any sign of first-time jitters. He showed pure dominance against Bubba McDaniel tonight and finished him in the first round. Strickland forced McDaniel to be careful with his striking right off the bat as Strickland caught one of his body...

Daniel Pineda and Rob Whiteford were both looking to rebound from losses during their last UFC outings. A busy first round for Pineda caused him to fight with his mouth open and his hands hanging low which led to him taking a lot of punishment in the second and third rounds. Whiteford connected with a...

TUF 18 assistant coach and Ronda Rousey roommate/best friend, Marina Shafir fought last weekend for the TUFF-N-uff promotion in Las Vegas where she won the promotions 145lb amateur title against Tabitha Patterson.

In the main event, the inaugural World Series of Fighting welterweight belt was on the line. Josh Burkman took on Steve Carl in a highly anticipated matchup. A back and forth war between Steve Carl and Josh Burkman took over the WSOF 6 card. In the first round, both men found success in their takedowns...

Another UFC vet and former WEC champion, Miguel Torres also fought on the stacked World Series of Fighting 6 preliminary card. He took on Pablo Alfonso in a pivotal bout. The action was dictated early by Alfonso as he lunged in to create range on the lanky Torres. Alfonso pushed Torres back, as Torres waited...

Smothering and suffocating, grueling and dominate. In Saturday’s main event of UFC 166 at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas, Cain Velasquez completed the trilogy with Junior dos Santos by scoring a TKO victory at 3:09 of round five and in the process held on to his UFC heavyweight title. Dos Santos was going for...

Daniel Cormier’s agility and athleticism proved too much for Roy Nelson in the co-main event of UFC 166 at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas. Cormier cruised to a unanimous, 30-27 decision. The 37-year-old Nelson, ranked No. 9 in the heavyweight division, dropped to 20-9. The 34-year-old Cormier, the No. 2 ranked heavyweight, is now...

Joe Rogan ended the fight by saying “This was the best fight I’ve seen in my entire life,”. As a man who has seen over 1,000 fights, that’s quite a statement. In what was easily a Fight of the Year Candidate, both Diego Sanchez and Gilbert Melendez showed that they are two of the toughest...

Not much to write about here. Gabriel Gonzaga was the aggressor right from the start and was throwing bombs from the get-go. It was back and forth for a bit with each fighter connecting with their own powerful shots, but Gonzaga landed a monstrous right hook that sent Jordan to the ground. Gonzaga smelled blood...

John Dodson made quick work of Darrell Montague and finished him in the very first round. Montague tried to keep Dodson at bay, keeping his distance by throwing leg kicks but Dodson was persistent and continued to press forward. Montague got dropped in the middle of the round and was in serious danger. Montague quickly...

Live from a sold-out Toyota Center in Houston, Texas, ‘UFC 166: Velasquez vs. Dos Santos’ is set to go down tonight on pay-per-view. If you can’t make the pay-per-view portion of the card this evening, join us here at BJPENN.COM to catch all the blow-by-blow and round-by-round action and results as they transpire. RESULTS: John...

Despite missing weight, Thiago Silva still had the crowd in Brazil on his side. Who wasn’t expecting that, though? Both Thiago Silva and Matt Hamill showed fatigue early on in the fight, which slowed the action down after the first round. Silva was looking to take away Hamill’s wrestling advantage by attacking the lead leg,...

The final results are in for Bellator MMA’s event live from California’s Visalia Convention Center. The event was headlined by the Bellator Heavyweight Semifinals with Cheick Kong defeating Mark Godbeer and Vinicius Spartan finishing Lavar Johnson to advance to the Bellator Heavyweight Tournament Final. The Bellator Middleweight Tournament continued with Brennan Ward defeating Joe Pacheco...

This fight was an instant classic and may be the best championship bout in light heavyweight history. Each fighter had their ups, and each had their downs. Gustafsson connected repeatedly with jabs and hooks while Jones’ bread and butter were his head kicks, leg kicks and elbow attacks. The biggest surprise throughout the whole fight...

Both Barao and Wineland opened up the fight bouncing on their feet, very active. We didn’t see any significant strikes landed early on in the first but Barao landed some serious leg kicks. Towards the end when Barao seemed to have found his distance, he connected with his hooks constantly. The start of Round 2...

The fight was interesting from the very first second when Mitrione refused to tough gloves. The two exchanged glancing shots throughout the round until Schaub secured the first takedown of the fight. He worked for a D’Arce Choke and locked it in quick. Mitrione gave the thumbs up as if he was okay, but proceeded...

In a fight that went the distance, Khabib Nurmagomedov took to the ground and tired out Pat Healy en route to a decision victory. Nurmagomedov picked his shots in the first couple rounds and ended them with impressive takedowns. In the third round, Nurmagomedov picked up an exhausted Healy, carried him across the cage and...

Tonight on pay-per-view, Jon Jones will defend his light-heavyweight title against number-one-contender, Alexander Gustafsson. The light-heavyweight title fight serves as the night’s main event and goes down live from Toronto’s Air Canada Centre. Starting at 7:00 p.m. PT / 10:00 p.m. ET, the night’s main card kicks off with a lightweight bout between Pat Healy...

By JAKE CHASTAIN | This lightweight scrap was bound to be an explosive one and it was nothing but pure excitement! It didn’t take long for Trinaldo to find his range as he started throwing some big shots early. He missed with some huge kicks but with about three minutes left in the round he landed...

By JAKE CHASTAIN | Following the first fight of the main card, this fight had a lot to live up to…and it did just that. An amazing display of middleweight power and pure grit was flashed throughout this fight and it was definitely a treat for the fans. The two men came out banging, but it...

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